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banging up

banging up is the present participle and gerund of bang up.

Meaning of bang up

Verb

bang up (third-person singular simple present bangs up, present participle banging up, simple past and past participle banged up)

  1. (informal, transitive) To damage.
    • He banged up his new car last night.
  2. (informal, transitive) To put someone in prison, or into their individual cell.
    • He was so drunk that the police banged him up for the night.
    Synonyms:
    dub up
  3. (intransitive, slang) To inject a recreational drug.
    • I knew some fellows who banged up, I mean heroin, but I kind of stayed away from it.1971, Army Digest, volume 26, page 31

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Questions about banging up

What is banging up the present participle and gerund of?
Banging up is the present participle and gerund of bang up.

Words near banging up in the dictionary

  1. banging out
  2. banging some heads together
  3. banging the door down
  4. banging the drum for
  5. banging to rights
  6. banging up
  7. bangingest
  8. bangingly
  9. bangings
  10. bangiophycean
  11. bangiophyceans

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